204, 
TULIPA oculus-solis. 
Agen Tulip. 
HEXANDRIA ZRIGYNIA; (Nobis,) MONOGYNIA; (aliis). 
Nat. ord. Lruta. Jussiew gen. 48. 
» ,LULIPA. Flores solitarid terminales, ebracteati; sepé unicus. Cor. 
infera, hexapetalo-partita, regularis, subzequalis, decidua. Fil. immediate — 
YPOgyna. Stylus O: stig. summi germinis cornua tria bilobo-dilatata re- 
lcata secundiim marginem inferiorem canaliculato-cohzrentia. Sem. nu- 
€rosa, plana, biseriato-cumulata; albumen cartilagineum ; testa fusca. 
soli ulbus acuminatus, base obliqua, integumento membrano-crustaceo, nucleo 
He O-carnoso: post maturatum Sructum alios enixus Srugiferos, emoriens. 
ae 3-4, interiora caulina. Caulis herbaceus, teres, rarius divisus. Fil. 
ad usta, erecta, subulata, ex apice tenutsszmo setaceo elastico inserta Soramint 
asin antherarum: anth. lineares, perpendiculares, tremule. Caps. ovato- 
Sona, 3-loc., 3-valv.; valvis medio septigeris ; dehiscentia supra ab intror- 
ak A confini Mevanruio e@egré distinguenda; nec differt ‘nisi semi- 
non planis, stigmatibus crassioribus brevioribus, floribusque solitario ter= 
tnalibus, Vai 
T. Oculus-solis, integumento bulbi intis lanato, foliis 4 subciliatis, caule 
, floreque glaberrimis, labris conniventibus stigmatum villoso-fimbriatis. 
Ulipa oculus-solis. St. Amans in rec. soc. d’agr. dagen. 1.75.  Redouté 
, hliac. 219. Lam. & Decand. fl. frang. 3. 200. : 
Ulipa agenensis. Jed. liliac. 60 in textit. é 
ulipa flore rubro. Garid. prov. 475. : 
= bombycina fl. rubro. Park. parad. t. 51.f. 1. 15 S001 
Olia glauciuscula, pilis tenerrimis ciliata, radicale ovato-lanceolatum, la- 
+ Caulis uniflorus. Flos @ majoribus, inodorus. Cor. rubra, campa- 
“lata infra rotunda, intits oculo magno nigro-ceruleo circulo aureo cincto € 
“indo snlendescens ; lacinie elliptice, exteriores longiores, planiores, acumte 
nate, extrs pallidiores et opace, apicibus patulis: interiores % parte angusti- 
"es, concave, utringue nitide, apice rotundate incuroule. Stam. fuliginosa, 
Oequalia germini: fil. } parte breviora antheris. Stig. paritm revoluta. 
€rm, obsolete rubens. ; 
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OEE ee tl ae a le laminae ee Ae aman aie Sie acm Sit | 
Tuna and MeLantuium stand in the nearest degree of 
affinity to each other; the latter’ genus being distinguished 
Chiefly by round seeds, narrower stigmas, and a multi- 
Plicate inflorescence. The two genera, since pared from 
ELANTHIUM, under the names of WurmBEA and OrniTHO- 
SLossum, in our view, can only serve as burlesques of re- 
nement. — 
T Linneus had enumerated three species of Tulips. 
€lr number now amounts to 10, after the reduction of 
